Crips member shot on-duty FBI agent outside his Brooklyn home, then told girlfriend to ‘get the jewelry and get rid of it’: feds

An FBI agent was shot in the shoulder during a gunfight with two people in Brooklyn on Saturday. (Jason Linetsky)

A drug-dealing Crips member faces attempted murder charges after he shot an FBI agent in Brooklyn — then lied about being an innocent bystander in a shootout, federal prosecutors said.

Ronnel Watson, 31, shot agent Christopher Grey Harper in the shoulder Saturday, prosecutors said, then went to Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center because the agent returned fire and struck him in the hand. Harper was parked outside Watson’s Brooklyn home.

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Ronnel Watson is charged with attempted murder of a federal officer and discharging a weapon, which he is not licensed to own. He faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and the possibility of a life sentence. (USDOJ)

He told law enforcement officers at the hospital that he was caught in a crossfire, then called a woman, believed to be his girlfriend, Molissa Gangapersad, and told her to “get the jewelry and get rid of it.”

A search of Watson’s home uncovered 1.5 pounds of marijuana, $15,000 in cash, and jewelry.

Harper was conducting surveillance near E. 92nd St. and Avenue N when the shooting took place. Authorities wouldn’t provide specifics about his assignment Monday but described the wild shoot out as an “unprovoked assault.”

At his arraignment in Brooklyn federal court Monday, U.S. Attorney Richard Donhoghue called Watson “a gun wielding, drug dealing gang member who is charged with shooting an FBI agent in broad daylight.”

Donoghue said “multiple videos exist” of Watson “aggressively approaching the parked car and shooting as the agent was trying to drive away.” He also said there was video evidence that Watson shot first.

Harper was sitting in an unmarked car on Canarsie Road, and Watson headed toward him in a dark BMW M5, going the wrong way, court papers allege. The BMW partially blocked Harper’s unmarked car, and Watson burst out, approached the driver’s side door, and pulled a gun out his hoodie’s front pocket and started shooting.

Though shot in the shoulder, the agent returned fire. Watson then drove the bullet-riddled, blood-stained BMW two miles to a body shop on Remsen Ave. and made for Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.

Gangapersad was standing on her front porch and saw the shooting unfold, then lied to FBI agents and claimed she saw nothing and knew nothing about it, prosecutors said. She changed her story when confronted with video of her standing on the porch, prosecutors said.

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Police arrested a second man, Hector Amissa, 29, shortly after the shooting, but he does not face charges.

Watson has 11 previous arrests for drug trafficking, grand larceny and other charges. Magistrate Steve Tischione ordered him held without bail.

Gangapersad, who was released on $500,000 bond, refused to answer questions from reporters as she left the courthouse.